Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1887-08-31

A1uot COuLttlu y proper a1nOunC Ill OEuct
to maintain health. So there can be no
serious deprivation of salt without in
jury to both the COW and her product.
Milk lacking salt is believed to raise
cream hard to churn. When boy,
the writer used often to hear hard
churning attributed to neglect to salt the
COWS. A remedy of the neglect was
supposed to remove the evil. It GER
tainly did no injury, and the proper way
is always to keep salt within the reach
of the COWS and let them lick it when
ever they want it.-Correspondent Ru-
raj New Yorker.
LOW PRICE FOR MACHINE WORK.
Nothing shows the great competi-
ton in agricultural machinery better
than the reduction in prices of cutting
grass or grain. When the moving
machine first came around a farmer
furnished the team while some one
owning a mower drove it and cut
his grass for 81 per acre. Now this
sum will cut and bind an acre of wheat
or other grain, tho owner of the
harvester paying for the Irvine, which
averages Is to 20 cents per acre. In
some parts of the West where there are
large fields still lower rates are made,
but without much profit to the man
running the machine. If u farmer be
at all deficient in mechanical ability he
need not regret the fact much if he can
get machine work done at this price.
There are probably enough machines
now to do the harvesting, but breakages
and bad management make room fol
new ones every year.
THE MOSAIC LAW.
For governing children in large
bodies; and for regulating their inter,
course with each other, the Mosaic law
of ''an eye for an eye and tooth for a
TOOTH is best. The law of self preser-
Walton must be impressed upon the
weaker and more sensitive. Let a
child live strictly according to the
golden rule in public school and if he
be a boy of weak constitution he will be
prosecuted as was his Master, Sunday
school books to the contrary notwith-
standing. Boys of the common type
can not be touched in such ways, but
they do respect the pluck which causes
a small boy to strike back quickly and
promptly when larger one abuses him
The quick resentment without malice
Or anger is the best and only protection
for the weak in such cases.-The
American Kindergarten.
FOOT COMFORT.
We question whether it is wise to
wear loose, Tapping slippers which
allow the foot to spread and widen un-
til it looses all the hope of presenting a
trim appearance in nice boot, for there
are women who have, to use their own
words favored their Hfeet until their
dread of "dressing up" lies in the misery
of wearing button boot. A change
from slipper to boot or even from one
pair of boots to another will rest tired
feet more than would be imagined by
one who had never tried it. Bathing the
feet at night is recommended for reliev-
ing the discomfort of burning feet, and
washing them in a solution of borax will
also lessen any irritation.-New Eng
land Farmer.
SMALL COMPOST HEAPS.
All farmers know the value of s'com-
post" and how to prepare it. Many
farmers manufacture hundreds of loads
of the best manure in this way. They
gather on the premises forest leaves,
cornstalks, including the roots, weeds,
vines, offal, from fence corners,
muck from ponds and bitches,
occasional sprinklings of lime
through the mass, layers OF
barnyard manure, and thus build up OBJ.
long squares and let it remain over
Winter. When April arrives the mass
has gonethrough fermentation and COM
minution, and presents mound of fer
tilizing matter better than small gold
mine would be to the proprietor of the
farm. But we want to see these com
post heaps in the garden, and there is
no reason why these should not be there
as we'll as upon the farm. There is rub.
bish enough in the garden, with the as.
sistance of leaves, some mold from
the woods, if attainable; if not, from
portions of the premises where it can be
spared; scrapings from the turnpike;
manure from the stable, and every at
tainable substance that will decay
through tho Winter. A little slaked
limo will be good assistance. A hall
dozen to dozen loads of excellent man.
ure will be manufactured by the time
it is wanted in the Spring, without in
curing scarcely any expense.-Ger'
mantown Telegraph.
EASTERN EXPERIENCE.
If your seedbed is in good order, ont
bushel of good seed is plenty for one acre
of good ground. If wheat is sowei
too thick some of it will get smotherei
and perish, and what remains will be
too thick to stool, and it will be short
weak and spindly, having very small